Stump-puller



(No Model.)

W. M. MOKAY..

STUMP FULLER.

Patented Nov'. 16, 1886.

WITNESSES N. versus FhnOo-Liihogmpher. Washingkm. n.c,

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UNIT D STATES PATENT. QFFICE,

WILLIAM M. MOKAY, or WILMOT, MICHIGAN.

STUMP-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,765, dated November16,1886.

Application tiled June 1, 1886. Serial No. 203,787. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. MoKAY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilmot, in the county ofTuscola and State of Michigan, have invented certain-new and usefulImprovements in Stump-Pullers; and I do hereby declare thatthe followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which v Figure l is a perspectiveview showing my improved stump-puller attached to a stump. Fig. 2 is atop view of the sameas It would appear'if stretched out upon the ground,and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the lower end of one Like letters ofreference in the three figures.

My invention has relation to stump-pullers; and it consists'in theimproved construction indicate like parts and combination of parts, aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents two wooden polesused as uprights, the upper ends of which are formed at an angle to themain part of the poles, and have bolt-holes cut through them; B, an ironrod,

having an eye formed at its upper end and a hook at its lower end; 0, adraft-rod provided at its lower end with means for attaching a team toit, and at its upper end with curved strips of iron D, secured to thesides thereof, and provided at their outer ends with boltholes; E, abolt for securing together the poles, the iron rod, and the draft-rod,the iron rod being secured by its eye end between the poles, and thepoles between the ends of the strips D, which strips give to thedraft-rod a bifurcated upper end.

The poles have an increasing taper from their crooked upper ends totheir lower ends, which are made convex to allow them to rock on theirfoundation during the pullingoperation, and which have recesses F formedin the center of the convex surface. (See Fig. 3.)

If the ground is soft, a boat, G,with a spur,

H, in its center, is placed under the end of a lifting strain is exertedupon the stump.

Then after the poles pass the vertical position the stump is pulled overonto its side.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- In a stump-puller, thecombination of two uprights, a connecting-bolt passing through theirtops, a hook and chain suspended from the bolt, and a draft-rod, thelower end of which is provided with means for attaching a team to it,and having curved strips secured to its upper end, the outer ends'ofsaid strips being mounted upon the connecting-bolt.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

WILL IAM'M. McKAY.

Witnesses:

W. L. DOYLE, PATRICK DELANEY.

